AGENCY: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)/ Andrew W. Mellon Foundation PROGRAM: Early Career Fellowships OBJECTIVES: This program provides support for young scholars to complete their dissertation and, later, to advance their research after being awarded the Ph.D. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program will award fellowships in two categories: Dissertation Completion Fellowships and Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients. The Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships are to assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. This program aims to encourage timely completion of the Ph.D. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure or shortly thereafter. Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited to: American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history; classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies; linguistics; musicology; philosophy; political science; psychology; religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and media studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature, political theory). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group. The Mellon/ACLS Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients are to assist young scholars in the humanities and related social sciences in the first or second year following completion of the PhD. Eligibility for these 25 Fellowships will be limited to scholars who held Dissertation Completion Fellowships (or were ranked as Alternates in that fellowship competition) and who completed their dissertations within the period specified in their first fellowship application. Also eligible will be scholars who held other national dissertation fellowships—such as the Whiting Fellowships—and who completed their dissertations within the period specified in their first application. Some awardees may use their Fellowship to take leave from a faculty position; those without a full-time position may choose to affiliate with a humanities research center or conduct research independently. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS: Applicants must be a Ph.D. candidate in a humanities or social science department in the United States and have been no more than six years in the degree program; awardees can hold this Fellowship no later than their seventh year. All requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation must be completed before beginning fellowship tenure. DEADLINE: FUNDING INFORMATION: Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships will provide support for a one-year term beginning between June and September 2010 for the 2010-2011 academic year. The Fellowships include a $25,000 stipend, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000. This award may not be held concurrently with any other major fellowship or grant. Mellon/ACLS Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients will carry stipends of $35,000 to allow the Fellow to devote an academic year to research. Awardees will have up to two years from the date of the award to take up Fellowship tenure. AGENCY CONTACT: Complete program guidelines and application material may be obtained from the web site listed above or from the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). Please distribute this notice to any faculty or staff members who might be interested in the information. For more information, please contact the OSP at X3-4365 or ospinfo@bu.edu, or visit the OSP web site at http://www.bu.edu/osp. . |
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